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CITY OF VANCOUVER: PUBLIC HEARING Public Hearing: June 15, 2023
Thursday, June 15, at 1 pm to be convened by electronic means with in-person attendance also available in Council Chambers at City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider the following matters:
1. Rezoning: 2325-2377 West 49th Avenue
To rezone 2325-2377 West 49th Avenue from RS-5 (Residential) District to RR-2B (Residential) District, to permit the development of a five-storey, market rental building A height of 16 8 metres (55 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.40 are proposed.
2. Rezoning: 3803-3823 West 10th Avenue
To rezone 3803-3823 West 10th Avenue from RS-1 (Residential) District to RR-3B (Residential Rental) District, to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use market rental building with 20 per cent of the residential floor area secured as below-market rental units and commercial uses at grade. A height of 22.0 metres (72 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3 50 are proposed
3 CD-1 Rezoning: 427-449 West 39th Avenue
To rezone 427-449 West 39th Avenue from RS-1 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of an 18-storey secured market rental building, with 176 rental residential units, of which 20 per cent of the residential floor area is secured as below-market rental units A building height of 55 metres (180 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 6 10 are proposed
4. Broadway Plan Implementation Amendments to Zoning and Development Bylaw and Guidelines
To amend the Zoning and Development By-law and associated guidelines, specifically related to the I-1, I-1A, I-1B, I-1C, IC-1 and IC-2, C-2, C-2B, C-2C, and C-2C1 district schedules This is being done to support implementation of the Broadway Plan, and advance the directions of the City’s Employment Lands and Economy Review, Metro Vancouver Regional Industrial Lands Strategy and Metro 2050: The Regional Growth Strategy
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS, VISIT shapeyourcity.ca/rezoning AND REFER TO THE REFERRAL REPORT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBJECT PROPERTIES
Public Hearings are to be convened by electronic means, with in-person attendance also available You may participate in the Public Hearing either by speaking by phone or in person, or by submitting comments that will be distributed to the Mayor and Councillors
All spoken and written comments will be publicly accessible on the City of Vancouver’s website with your full name attached
To participate in the Public Hearing, you can register to speak beginning at 8:30 am on June 2, 2023 Register to speak online by visiting: vancouver.ca/your-government/speak-at-city-council-meetings.aspx and select the agenda item(s) you wish to speak to; telephone participation is encouraged as it is the most efficient way to speak to Council Register to speak via phone by calling 604-829-4238 and specifying which meeting date, meeting type and agenda item(s) you wish to speak to, and indicate whether you are participating by telephone or in person
Broadway Plan area
Areas impacted:
District Schedules I-1, I-1A, I-1B, I-1C, IC-1, IC-2, C-2, C-2B, C-2C, and C-2C1
You can also register in person on the day of the Public Hearing, between 12:30 and 1 pm at City Hall; for more information, visit vancouver ca/publichearings
At the conclusion of the registered speakers list, if you haven’t yet spoken and wish to do so, follow the phone in instructions provided by the Chair or attend in person and approach the podium as the Chair calls for additional speakers The Chair will close the speakers list upon seeing no further speakers
To participate by telephone, provide a telephone number that can be used to contact you, and provide an email address where instructions on when and how to call into the Public Hearing can be provided Unregistered speakers may also call in during the Public Hearing The telephone number and participant access code are tweeted out and available on the live stream, while the meeting is in progress For more information, visit vancouver.ca/publichearings
Send your comments to Council online at vancouver ca/public-hearingcomments, by email at speaker request@vancouver ca or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4
Get live updates on the meeting at vancouver ca/speaker-wait-times or follow Twitter @VanCityClerk Watch the meeting live at vancouver ca/council-video
Copies of the draft by-laws will be made available for in-person viewing from 8:30 am to 5 pm on weekdays at the City Clerk’s Office on the Third Floor of City Hall from Friday, June 2, 2023 until the Public Hearing commences, and for viewing at all times on the meeting agenda starting June 2, 2023 at 1 pm
See the agenda on the City’s website at vancouver ca/councilmeetings
Minutes of the Public Hearing will also be available at this location approximately two business days after a meeting Details of all Council meetings can be found at covapp.vancouver.ca/councilMeetingPublic
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING SUBMITTING COMMENTS AND REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings